Reference code
GI/1/159
Title
John Gibson, Rome, to William Haldimand of London
Date
11 May 1826
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Historical Background
John Gibson's 'Hylas Surprised by the Naiades' (marble, exhibited at the Royal Academy, no. 1178, in 1837) was donated to the Tate Gallery by Robert Vernon in 1847.
Content Description
Receipt for £500, being part payment of £1,000 for a marble statuary group depicting Hylas Surprised at the Lake by Two Nymphs'.